impressure

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English

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Etymology

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Compare Old French impressure, Late Latin impressūra.

Noun

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impressure (plural impressures)

  1. (obsolete) dent; impression
    • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], lines 22-24:
      Lean but upon a rush, / The cicatrice and capable impressure / Thy palm some moment keeps.

Latin

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Participle

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impressūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of impressūrus